#oml it's been so long

[narxkami]

I miss..... him

[hayden-christensen]

OBI-WAN KENOBI dir. Deborah Chow | premiered May 27, 2022

[cadeirl]

hearing daryl's little brother is going to change me as a person i swear

[lazy-b1rdy]

I FINISHED MY ART FIGHT REFS!!

Art card i won't use bc i can't add it to my profile ;-;

(Edit: I figured out how to add it)

Ocky is inspired by my own ikea octopus i love to bits

My artfight is lazy-birdy !! Hope to meet some of you guys!

[urlocalwormtoday]

GUESS WHO FINALLY MADE A PATREON ACCOUNT AND IS GONNA GET A TIER ONE MEMBERSHIP WHEN JULY STARTS ??????

THIS GAL ‼️‼️ YEAAAAAAA‼️‼️‼️

I'm so excited I'm so excited I'm so excited 😭

[whereismyhat5678]

can you draw Werner werman x dr kahl with their robots please?

To whoever sent this WEEKS ago, I am so sincerely sorry-

I FINALLY GOT TO ANSWER IT BUT I’M SORRY FOR MAKING YOU WAIT-

Also about their robots- I really didn’t know how I would make them fit so I just drew them together separately…and-

The background still looks bad to me but ZAM DID I HAVE FUN DRAWING KAHL’S ROBOT- and Katzenwagen was fun too, he’s adorable 🫶

[iamtheoneandonlyever]

The duffers: yea s5 wont take as much time as s4 to film bc time constraints plus no covid this time yeaaa :D

Greedy executives: ... u sure abt that?

[landhinlove]

I just need Louis Tomlinson to be singing little black dress to me at all times

[heyzeil]

okay i know i said i wouldn’t freak out about this but listen I had an unexpected free period and this costume leak was the one thing running through my head in that moment and i had my tablet in my backpack i couldn’t stop myself oh my goodness

(reblogs greatly appreciated!)

[rosietrace]

The things we do for love 1/2

Characters featured: Victoria Shard, Kiara Rhys, Sarah Marigold, Aldrich Edelweiss (@revivemyreverie)

Pairing: Victoria Shard x Aldrich Edelweiss

Synopsis: Love is a difficult subject, don't you think? To think, one would devote themselves to someone so much.... They would worship them, fight for them. Kill for them.

Warning(s): Murder (not explicitly described), kidnapping, corpses, homicide, Aldrich in general /hj, illegally obtaining personal information, potentially ooc moments

[ Apologies for any out of character moments ]

[ Reblogs > Likes ]

†•°•═════ஓ๑【 ♛ 】๑ஓ═════•°•†

Loving someone, wholeheartedly and steadfastly, ready to sacrifice everything for the sake of being with them… Is nothing short of a challenge.

Stories like that are a tale as old as time. The kind of love so all-encompassing, so unimaginative, so…. Perfect.

Kiara believed a love like that to be true. She wished for that for herself and all her cousins at large.

But…. Then Victoria…

“Y-You and Prince Edelweiss??” Kiara stiffened up, utterly stunned.

Sipping on her tea, Victoria smiled softly. “Yes,” so she replied. “He's quite charming, is he not?”

Charming wasn't the best word to describe Aldrich. At least to Kiara, and many other members of Pomefiore.

She couldn't quite understand a mind like her cousin's. Everything about Victoria — from the way she walked, talked, acted, and even sounded — she was completely, beautifully unreadable.

It was hard for Kiara to comprehend that out of all the people out there, her cousin chose…. The Crown Prince of the Edelweiss Empire.

“V-Victoria, with all due respect-”

“If you have come here to pester me about my lover as Sarah did, then it shouldn't come as a surprise to you that I am firmly rejecting any offers of breaking things off with him.”

Kiara pursed her lips. But…. The Prince is…

To say Aldrich was concerning was an understatement. Kiara didn't know him well, especially in comparison to Victoria, but she always had the feeling that Aldrich… Was unusual.

She was justified, of course! Upon hearing what had occurred in the Edelweiss Empire, once upon a time, she quickly put the pieces together.

And deduced that it was Aldrich who had committed such a crime.

Naturally, Kiara had every right to be surprised and — more specifically — bewildered by the notion that her elder cousin was in a relationship with the prince.

Knowing Victoria, she must've connected the dots about it by now. Kiara thought, her grasp on her teacup all but firm. But if that were the case…. Why would she even be with him?

Speaking of which, a dove had perched itself on the balcony they sat from; a gift alongside them.

Victoria's eyes shone in silent excitement, gently petting the dove and bidding it adieu once it had flown away.

“Err….” Kiara didn't exactly know how to start up a conversation, at the moment. “What is that, cousin?”

Victoria let out a hum. “A gift from Aldrich,” her lips curved upwards. “How sweet.”

Opening the small box, her lips parted, a silent shine in her sapphire eyes. Tilting her head to the side, Kiara wondered what had garnered such a reaction from someone as expressionless as Victoria.

She soon received her answer. Victoria took out a small piece of chocolate cake, with the frosting laid out on top to resemble white roses.

Victoria giggled. “How sweet of Aldrich, knowing my tastes so well.”

Kiara could only shudder at the thought of how Aldrich received word of Victoria's love of sweets. Given his tendencies, she could only assume the worst…

“Victoria….”

Kiara received a hum in response, and she trod onward.

“Prince Edelweiss seems to cherish you, very much so,” Once again, Kiara cocked her head to the side. “But… The last I checked, didn't he once threaten your life?”

Her words alone were enough for Victoria to set her fork down, a dangerously calm look in her eyes.

The kind of look that could kill within seconds.

“V-Victoria, I didn't mean-”

“I believe it's time for you to leave. It's getting late.”

Those words alone were just befuddling. They were both in the same dorm, for seven's sake!

“But-”

“Kiara, dear,” Victoria's hands were as cold as ice when they laid over Kiara's. “It's getting late. We wouldn't want you going past Vil's curfew and getting in trouble, now, would we?”

What she was saying was merely an excuse. A convincing excuse, yes, but Kiara had known her cousin for long enough to know whether she was lying or not. At least most of the time.

This time, she didn't need to think it through.

Kiara stood, sending her cousin one last polite smile before hastily exiting her dorm room.

Victoria smiled as she waved her younger cousin good night. But that smile quickly faded.

Sighing, Victoria didn't bother to turn her head to look at the crow perching itself atop the balcony; in the exact spot the dove rested.

“Anything?” she asked the crow, picking up her slice and calmly eating at it, leaving little room for crumbs.

The crow tilted its head before it began flying around her in a circle. It dropped a letter, letting out a caw, before flying off.

Victoria's eyes narrowed, legs crossed. Taking hold of the letter, she wasn't the least bit surprised by its contents.

Receiving information on those she considers an adversary is practically a hobby for her, at this point.

A Shard — especially one as sharp as her — will do anything to satisfy their ambition. No matter the costs.

༝ㅤ･ㅤ˚ㅤ。ㅤ.ㅤ⋆ㅤ✧̣̩⋆̩☽⋆゜【♛】

Aldrich wandered the woods. Not the ones in Pomefiore, but rather his personal hunting ground in Edelweiss.

Mercilessly shooting down a deer, he hummed in satisfaction and walked to his now-dead prey.

He chuckled to himself. “Oh, how lovely,” his hand found its way to his cheek, a look in his eyes that one could only call: crazed. “My darling savior will absolutely adore this…”

A trophy, of sorts. Aldrich knows of the tradition of gifting one's love a ‘trophy’ from a hunting venture. A way to express their devotion that they'd do anything, anything, for them.

Even if it costs the life of another.

“.... But what if she doesn't like it?” He sighed to himself. “My savior is of the most selective type…. I'm uncertain of how she'll feel about something like a deer head. Perhaps the heart, instead?”

Aldrich concluded. Shrugging his shoulders, he simply decided to give Victoria the deer's head and its heart.

Surely, that was worthy enough of showing his devotion to her, yes?

Although, I have to wonder….. Aldrich thought to himself, angling his head upwards to stare at the horizon.

…. How does my darling devote herself to me?

༝ㅤ･ㅤ˚ㅤ。ㅤ.ㅤ⋆ㅤ✧̣̩⋆̩☽⋆゜【♛】

“Filthy….”

Victoria sat on a chair, sharpening a now-clean knife in her hands. She stared down the bloodied corpse lying down on the floor, and hummed.

“And you can ensure that no one will receive word of this?”

“Positive.”

Sarah Marigold leaned against the wall, eyes narrowing at the corpse in disgust. To think, this is what Vivi-chan would be willing to do for that creep….

She was reluctant to assist Victoria in this little ‘business trip’ of hers. Although she loved her cousin with everything she had, Sarah couldn't deny the limits someone as obsessive as she could have.

Especially when Aldrich Edelweiss was involved.

Sarah couldn't help but grit her teeth. She couldn't stand it, couldn't stand the mere thought that Victoria would spare the time to do…. All this, for Aldrich.

“.... You may leave.”

Sarah stiffened. “W-What-?”

“I appreciate your assistance, Sarah, truly,” Victoria spoke so coldly that it was hard for Sarah to tell if she was telling the truth. “But I believe you should leave. At once.”

Sarah wouldn't argue. She just couldn't.

She let out a reluctant huff, bowing to her cousin before leaving the room. Albeit, not as hastily as Kiara did, in a (slightly) similar situation.

Leaning back against her seat, Victoria sighed, lips parted, slowly curving upwards into a twisted smile.

“For you, my Aldrich….

.... All of this, for you.”

†•°•═════ஓ๑【 ♛ 】๑ஓ═════•°•†

Taglist

↳ [ Please notify if you wish to be part of the Taglist ]

🥥 — @starry-night-rose • @windbornearchon • @authoruio • @sakuramidnight15 • @fumikomiyasaki @nem0-nee

—

In dedication to — @revolllutionary/@revivemyreverie

—

🩷 — @celiica/@terrovaniadorm • @geminiiviolets • @twsted-princess • @absolutelyobsessedkiya • @crazyyanderefangirlfan • @phoenix-manga • @sandbees • @abyss-wonderer • @mystery-skulls-ghost • @mintychocolate04 • @littleunknowncheesecake

†•°•═════ஓ๑【 ♛ 】๑ஓ═════•°•†

[hayden-christensen]

TALES OF THE JEDI (2022) + Parallels to other Star Wars media

[heartpascal]

every so often i reread all of your if the door wasn't shut series, just because it's my literal favorite thing i've ever read <3

i always love thinking about the what ifs because the whole series is so so good as you wrote it and you just put so many things into it that open up so many other thoughts and it just hits every single good spot in my brain

and i always think back to those posts you made about what if it was the reader instead joel in part two, because that was such an awesome and devastating thought. but today i was thinking about it and i was thinking what if it was still joel, and what would the reader look like after that, you know? like how would she deal with that for herself, and also how would she feel about tommy and ellie leaving? OR would she have gone too? i don't think she would have, but that's just me. i'm just very stuck on thinking about what the reader's relationships with ellie and tommy would look like during and after part two

okay i feel like i said a lot of nothing😭 but i just wanted to share my half baked thoughts about how much i love that series and all your writing

anon !!!! this is so so kind oh my god hello ??? thank you!!! that series is very near and dear to me, and honestly i’m super glad i paused where i did. and left it so open because it leads to things like this!!! this series is as much your guys’ as it is mine this way !!! also please please always share your half baked thoughts or ANY thoughts i love love love to hear them :’)

but i would LOVE to talk about this. so MAJOR spoilers for tlou part two below the cut!

OKAY so if it WAS still joel, i agree, i don’t think the reader would have gone either!

her relationship with joel was never going to be the same, no matter what he said or did, that’s fact! we know this! but after joel dies, i honestly think r would feel guilty. i mean, this guy practically raised her for years. she loves him. and she can’t help but hate herself for the resentment she always felt towards him through those years. she was valid in feeling that way, obviously, but she feels guilty over it nonetheless.

i sometimes think about what if it had been her instead of or alongside ellie who found joel in that basement. i think she wouldve wanted revenge on those people, but i don’t think she would’ve been able to go and get it. maybe if she was there, the likelihood would absolutely have been higher for her just up and leaving like ellie and tommy did, but i don’t think she could bring herself to do that to maria or jesse - and that’s because of joel. she doesn’t ever want to do to them what he did to her, and so she would probably be able to stay.

would she have hated herself for it? maybe. would she have thought about the people who killed him for the rest of her life? absolutely. would she have felt guilty forever for letting them get away? without a doubt.

i think ellie leaving, reader would understand. she would feel the same compulsion ellie did, but reader had always had less fight in her compared to ellie.

but tommy? tommy leaving jackson? nope. she’d go mad. she would go insane at him. joel lived the rest of his days regretting leaving her behind at jackson, and tommy knew that. so why would he leave her? and after seeing the damage joel leaving did to her? it would upset her to an extent i can’t even explain. AND it would easily have maria kicking him out, throwing her wedding ring in his face the moment he returned, even with his injuries.

now, there are two scenarios here. jesse goes after ellie, we know this. what would reader do?

first scenario, and what i think is possibly more likely, she would go with him. now hear me out, ok, i know this doesn’t go with what i’ve previously said, but this is jesse. this is her best friend. she’s had to save his ass before, and god knows how guilty she felt about that. so what if something happened to him out there? she would never forgive herself. so, she would talk to maria. she would have a conversation. and when she would come back, she’d be back with jesse, or maybe, not at all. because i don’t think reader would handle abby killing joel and jesse. i don’t think she’d give abby the choice of letting her live or not. it would be abby or the reader, and that would be it. but in all honesty, i love r and i think she could save jesse because i am delusional and that is too much angst even for me 😇

second scenario, she would stay behind. there are zero ways that jesse would leave without telling her. ZERO. but i think there could be a world where the reader just wouldn’t be able to leave jackson, that old fear from back when she was travelling with joel and ellie could come back full force, and hadn’t she already lost enough? i think in this scenario, jesse might just convince her to stay. i think he would enlist maria’s help, too. they’re probably the only ones who could convince the reader of anything. now, if reader didn’t go, we know what happens. jesse wouldn’t come back. i don’t think she’d be able to forgive tommy, ellie or dina for that. even though she knows it wasn’t exactly their fault, there would be resentment there that she just couldn’t shake. after all, jesse left for them, right? because they couldn’t let go of the exact thing that got joel killed. the only thing i think would stop r going full no contact with them would be jj. there would be no world where she would let jesse’s son grow up without being involved. just no way. and you better know she’d be visiting jj every damn weekend to tell him stories of his dad. and in this situation, i think that after ellie would leave dina, dina would go to the reader. they would raise jj together, because she would never turn her back on that kid. never. and dina knew that.

so, all in all, she’d resent them. she’d understand them to a certain extent, but i don’t think she would be able to go after abby like they did.

during part two, she would have a far better relationship with joel than ellie did anyway, and therefore a better understanding of him. don’t get me wrong, it still wouldn’t be great, but it was something. she would be able to see that joel wouldn’t want this for them, for any of them. he felt guilty enough for everything he had done, everything he had put them through, and he certainly wouldn’t want them losing everything to avenge him. he just wouldn’t.

basically - there are a whole lot of ways this situation could go, and i think you guys could think of even more. there’s no set ending for this series, which is one of my favourite things about it. we can all think of our own endings for it, and i love that :’)

also, i think the fact it could go just about any way just emphasis that she is human!!! humans are not always predictable, and they do not always deal with things the same way. and given that a very present theme throughout the games is being human and what that means and how it shows and how you stay human even in incredible situations is just :’) pretty cool idk

but hey if you ever want me to try and write a certain scenario, i could give it a go! no promises though!!!

[turnsorrow]

omg i don't even know if people actively follow this blog anymore hi. tldr i kinda abandoned this blog early last year {? or whenever tf} because a colossal fuckton of drama exploded in the xiv rpc and i simply was not in the mental state to handle that so i fled to, like, way more chill and calm communities at the time and continued writing there. and like kejrhm i'm so sorry for all the threads and stuff that got dropped cuz i had a lot of good interactions going on here and i feel bad about just up & ghosting ppl that were writing with me, but i got so overwhelmed / it was a bad time for me and tumblr feeling so negative at the time was rough :') i'm so sorry aha

i rly do miss alisaie and this blog tho, esp lately since i'm replaying the entire story trying to catch up on a new wol before DT drops and man part of me wants to come back here and try again cuz i love this muse / alisaie sm and i'm sad @ myself for letting myself get overwhelmed instead of just like... curating my space better kjemhkjm aaaaa

i think i'll spruce things up around here and see if i can... get my footing on here back. idrk too many people active in this comm anymore or who's still around but 😭 gonna rewrite my rules to be way tighter and mind my own space better pls i love my fighty elezen daughter i just want to vibe kejnrhmkj

[metalheadcowboy]

bitch I'm back out my coma

[raytm]

i made it through all of penacony's story, did some grinding, did some of the event ( barely )

[knighteclipsed]

meta 01. ...concerning invulnerability and related topics (like romance, i guess)

(Inspired, in part, by that one headcanons prompt about what a muse looks for in a partner.)

Preface: An older meta of mine from around October of ‘23, it’s been reworked a few times over before finally reaching completion. Though initially inspired by the topic of romantic relations, one could reasonably draw the line connecting Valter’s aversion to the thing as one related, at least in part, to his ‘unkillable complex’ and his constant need to be better than everyone else.

01. strength and weakness

social /ˈsōSH(ə)l/ – adj – (2) needing companionship and therefore best suited to living in communities. (Oxford Dictionary)

One of the main aspects of Valter’s character (and the thing that informs a lot of his decisions and his worldview) is the concept of strength (to be strong and capable in comparison to others); and further, that of weakness (when you are deprived of that capability, or when you never had it at all). He’s always had this view that power matters above all else; that even if morally people do not accept you, if you are simply strong enough, they will not have a choice.

Which is an idea that stems from his youth—a youth in which Valter was never very kind. (Here, I harken back to Duessel’s A-Support with Cormag where he states that Valter was not “a gentle lamb before [the cursed lance incident.]”) He has always been sharp, hostile, antagonistic—from a family of hunters, this served him well.

It was not a mindset with so much utility in social situations, however.

Strength was all that mattered—that power was the make or break, that the only true aim to strive for was growing stronger—and what better way to learn how to kill than to simply do so? (To kill was a competition, and he was very fond of winning.)

Unfortunate, considering most people actually like not having to worry about a war. Or losing things. Or losing people. (It was an isolating factor; not that he minded much.)

Except he grew older, and where that isolation previously had no bearing on him, it was suddenly something that he felt keenly—no longer could it simply be ignored. If he wished to affiliate with others, a shift in character would be necessary: from one of violence to temperance, from hostility to ease; from constant intimidation to a willingness to be vulnerable.

Vulnerable, so it is said. What a terrible thing to be.

02. walls

vulnerable /ˈvəlnər(ə)bəl/ – adj – (1) susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm. (Oxford Dictionary)

So the choice is laid bare: does Valter remain a social outsider in the pursuit of his wants and desires; or does he choose weakness and run the chance of being harmed? (It isn’t a choice to him—not really. After all, the most important thing is strength.)

Isolation it is then.

And in turn, he devoted himself to the cultivation of his prowess—social interactions were limited to that (and perhaps meal times, especially in his early army days). If anyone tried to approach, he would only put up walls—to grow close is to grow vulnerable, and to grow vulnerable is to grow weak. (And weakness is the worst thing he could ever develop.)

Then comes the title of Moonstone—the ultimate recognition of all that he’d built, that title: Moonstone of the Imperial Three. (And titles only truly hold weight in the context of social interactions—imagine, that blend: physical prowess known and solidified by words.) Though Valter was always sharp, hostile, antagonistic—at no point did he ever break his vows. (If he had, that title would never have reached him; he wouldn’t have remained long enough to receive it.)

I will say: he developed a liking towards the emperor for that—and though I cannot claim he was entirely too close to the rest of the Imperial Three, it was certainly easier to get along with them. (After all, they three were strong, and they were recognized for it.) At the very minimum, they were the closest he ever got to having proper friends.

Of course, then comes exile—and suddenly everything social is lost. His ‘friends,’ allies, associates, homeland—stolen from him by mere words; ironic, in a way. It is two years, then, that pass.

03. reinforcement

isolate /ˈīsəˌlāt/ – vb – (1) cause (a person or place) to be or remain alone or apart from others. (Oxford Dictionary)

So what does he learn from all this? That his worldview was flawed? That morality trumps might? That you probably shouldn’t commit war crimes?

No. None of that. (This is Valter we are speaking of, recall?)

Though I will say that may have been a possibility—had he not been reinstated. Though his mental well-being went on a violent downward spiral during those years of isolation, he… had some capacity for change (though I doubt that exists anymore). Prior to it all, his perspective was that strength was above all, and even if you were not accepted morally, if you were simply strong enough, then it didn’t matter; you would have your place. Exile was the greatest upset—because how much stronger could he be? (And yet, he lost his place—because strength was not all.)

And then he was reinstated—because he was strong.

People had failed him; the moment he had let his guard down just a bit (just around the time he was finally acclimating to a social environment), everything he’d ever had was lost, and what was it that redeemed him? The Imperial Three were weak—Duessel, Glen, and Selena—but with his help, that was overcome. Power secured his future with more determination than any past relations; thus, his old worldview is cemented.

Because what were people good for other than to be used and discarded? (Or even the other way—after all, he discarded of Glen and then used him to manipulate Cormag; none of it is new. He has no friends.)

And that worldview follows him even until now—though there are some breaks that I’d like to explain in future metas, he doesn’t actively seek out friends. When Deirdre approached him all friendly and such during KKE last January, he was wholly opposed to the prospect; Vergil’s Kurth as a supposed partner irked him beyond belief; the closest thing he has to a friend here is Maria, and… well, he doesn’t consciously think of her that way—she is not as a friend, in his eyes, but a positive associate at best.

What matters most, after all, is being powerful; invulnerable; impossible to beat.

04. closing

romance /rōˈmans,ˈrōˌmans/ – n – (1; sub-1) love, especially when sentimental or idealized. (Oxford Dictionary)

Such concludes my first Valter meta post! I realize this is quite the read so thanks for dropping by and listening to my ramblings haha. A lot of this is, of course, built on my own conjecture and what I think is interesting for him narratively—there is only so much that can be gleaned from a villain guy who isn’t the main antagonist and sort of has very few canonically emphasized traits if you know what I mean.

I suppose that, while I’m here, I may as well answer the original prompt again: in clear, concise terms, since my initial response was broken up into multiple messages.

Valter is not of the crowd looking for romance—not because he’s aromantic (because he isn’t; he’s on the spectrum but is not entirely aro), but rather because a proper relationship asks more of him than he is quite frankly willing to give. Also he thinks he’s aromantic (this is a man who’s seen himself as an outsider for years—including his teenage ones; not liking anyone just makes sense to him). Worst case scenario he does it to manipulate the other person, but like… we’re not going there. Haha.

If those walls ever did miraculously crumble and/or weaken though, he’d probably end up falling for someone he feels he can rely on—think demiromanticism (since that’s approximately what he experiences). It is only after he grows close to a person that romantic feelings have the chance to develop. There is no shortcutting (though ‘growing close’ may or may not look positive from the outside).

With that said: thank you again for your time! Farewell and good timezone.